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Mounted Warrior Ensemble with Thermite TVC
Image Courtesy Telephonics Corp.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., –October
10th, 2006 – Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider
of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), open-architecture, realtime
visual computing products and solutions, announced today at the
Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Conference that Telephonics®
Corporation, a subsidiary of the Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF)
has selected the Thermite® Tactical Visual Computer (TVC)
for use in Telephonics’ Multi-Media Communications Technology
Demonstrator for the U.S. Army Mounted Warrior (MW) Ensemble.
The MW Ensemble is an integrated soldier-fighting
system intended to enhance the lethality, battle-command compatibility,
survivability, mobility, and sustainability of mounted and dismounted
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) infantry soldiers. When equipped
with Multi-Media Communications Technology, the MW Ensemble facilitates
the sharing of battlefield multi-media information between soldiers,
vehicles and command elements and further integrates individual
soldiers into the chain of command by providing interoperability
with the digital command and control of other platforms. More
information on the U.S. Army Mounted Warrior Program may be found
at http://peosoldier.army.mil/factsheets/SWAR_MW.pdf.
The purpose of the MW Multi-Media Technology
Demonstrator is to assess the benefits of integration of low-data
rate battlefield video sources including driver enhanced video,
FBCB2 data, situational awareness and reconnaissance data and
weapons targeting video into a Stryker unit. A key component of
the system is the Therrmite TVC, which is optimized for man-wearable,
battery powered applications and which enables dismounted soldiers
using software to relay specific multi-media data including video
and images via Telephonics TruLinkTM wireless intercommunications
system to and from Stryker or other vehicles as well as to other
MW Multi-Media Communications equipped soldiers. The Thermite
TVC also enables the video/image data being captured and/or relayed
to be displayed on the soldier’s monocular HMD monocle or
via a hand-held LCD available for the MW Ensemble.
The Mounted Warrior Multi-Media Communications
Technology Demonstrator will be on display in the General Dynamics
C4 Systems Booth (No. 624) during the AUSA Conference at the Washington
DC Convention Center Washington, DC October 9-11, 2006. Quantum3D
will also be demonstrating Thermite TVC and the Company’s
complete line of Embedded Visual Computing products and solutions
in the Quantum3D Booth (No. 2249) and in select partner booths
at the Conference.
“Thermite was specifically designed for
use in man-wearable and vehicle-based tactical visual computing
applications, so it’s a natural fit for the Mounted Warrior
Multi-Media Communications Technology Demonstrator,” said
Ross Q. Smith, Quantum3D president and co-founder. “All
of us at Quantum3D look forward to working with the Telephonics
team as they put this system through its paces which, we believe,
will ultimately help our soldiers maintain information superiority
on the battlefield.”
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Thermite® Tactical Visual Computer
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About Thermite Tactical Visual Computer
Thermite TVC is Quantum3D’s innovative, small form factor,
COTS tactical PC that combines low-power, mobile CPU technology
with advanced embedded 2D/3D graphics with video capture and display,
and comprehensive I/O and wired/wireless communications capabilities
in a ruggedized, sealed alloy enclosure with Mil-Spec connectors
that is optimized for hosting C4ISR, C2, embedded training and
other graphics and video intensive applications in both man-wearable
and vehicle-based deployed environments. Designed to enable the
rapid migration of PC-based applications from benign to extended
environments and to reduce the footprint of legacy embedded systems,
Thermite TVC supports both Microsoft Windows and Linux operating
systems. For surveillance and sensor applications, Thermite TVC
also includes advanced video-capture and video-display functionality,
with support for color space conversion, scaling, and overlays
for NTSC, PAL, S-Video, and RS-170A formats. THERMITE TVC is available
with both solid state and shock-resistant rotating disk drives
and features comprehensive PC I/O and networking such as IEEE
802.3 Ethernet, USB 2.0, RS-232C, IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth. Thermite
is also available with popular military and civilian communications
and I/O factory options including Mil-Std-1553B, EVDO, GPRS, Tactical/Secure
Radios, CANBus and GPS.
About Telephonics Corporation
A subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF), Telephonics'
(www.telephonics.com) broad based, high-tech engineering capabilities
provide integrated information and communication systems solutions
to both domestic and international markets. The company is organized
into two operating divisions: Communications Systems, specializing
in aircraft intercommunications, wireless and audio products;
and Command Systems, specializing in traffic management systems,
maritime surveillance radar and aerospace electronics; and one
wholly-owned subsidiary, TLSI. Operating under the Telephonics
umbrella, TLSI (www.tlsi.com)
manufactures application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) for
the telecommunications, automotive and industrial security markets.
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets COTS realtime, open-architecture
Image Generation (IG) solutions, Embedded Visual Computing (EVC)
systems and subsystems, development software and support services
for the synthetic environment visual and sensor simulation and
training and tactical and industrial visual computing markets.
Quantum3D is a privately held company headquartered in San Jose,
California, with development centers located in Phoenix, AZ, Huntsville,
AL, and Orlando, FL and with sales and logistics in Europe via
Quantum3D Ltd., located in Reading, UK. For more information about
Quantum3D and Quantum3D realtime visual computing solutions, please
see www.quantum3d.com.
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